Weekly merger, acquisition, deal update: August 17

This week Morrissey Goodale tracked two domestic deals and three international transactions. This brings the total year-to-date deal count in the United States to 115, up 7% over the 107 domestic deals tracked through the same period in 2011. Including the U.S., the total global deal count is now 210, down just 2% from the 214 global deals tracked through the same period last year.

Source: Morrissey Goodale

08/17/2012

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This week Morrissey Goodale tracked two domestic deals and three international transactions. This brings the total year-to-date deal count in the United States to 115, up 7% over the 107 domestic deals tracked through the same period in 2011. Including the U.S., the total global deal count is now 210, down just 2% from the 214 global deals tracked through the same period last year.

In case you missed it the last few weeks, be sure to click here for Morrissey Goodale's special report Industry M&A 2012 Six Month Review. In it, you will find additional insight, thoughts and major trends observed through the first six months of 2012.

M&A Transactions

In its third transaction of the year, international architecture and interior design firm Perkins+Will (Chicago, IL) merged with Envision Design (Washington, DC), a 15-person award-winning design firm specializing in sustainability with experience that spans commercial interiors, residential, hospitality, and retail/entertainment, and featuring services that include interior design, renovations, base-building architecture, graphics and product design. The firm is widely recognized for its exceptional work for associations and nonprofits, including Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund, Environmental Defense Fund, International Interior Design Association (IIDA), U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and the Recording Industry Association of America. Link to details

In its second transaction of the year, engineering and surveying firm Fyfe Engineers & Surveyors (Adelaide, Australia) announced that it will join forces with Connor Holmes (Adelaide, Australia), a multi-disciplinary consulting firm specializing in the provision of advice in relation to town planning, property consulting, development management and governance and featuring clients that include a broad range of investors, corporations, not-for-profit organizations, property and land developers, together with state and local government agencies. Fyfe is a land and resource development consultancy specializing in the provision of comprehensive engineering, planning, and surveying services to Australia's land development, energy, mining and oil and gas industries. The merged company will have a combined workforce of more than 420 people located in South Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory. The merger will take effect on September 1, 2012. Link to details